Favoritos de chlorophilia

Floating on the water's surface in an area of field/meadow habitat that floods seasonally. After photographing, best efforts were made to transport all the springtails that were willing to drier ground. :-)

Stunning red form over sandstone along drainage

This observation collected under a BC Parks permit to visit Woodley Range Ecological Reserve. Note that this Ecological Reserve is closed to the public: research is conducted via permit. (https://bcparks.ca/eco_reserve/woodley_er.html)

Not sure that I have the exact location for this observation since I was hiking when I made it, but it would be close I think. There were some amazing wildflowers in this area!! We were trying to hike out quickly because we had 26 km. to hike in one day, but we couldn't help stopping to take photos as it was so amazing!

This is the largest frog I’ve ever seen! I’m assuming it’s an American bullfrog even though it doesn’t have the yellow belly. It’s size indicates it must be a bullfrog since other frog species are much smaller, like the northern green frog.

This was an extremely rare sighting for Squamish first spotted by Wally Fletcher during the Squamish Estuary Monthly Bird Census. This seal was first sighted in Puget Sound near Seattle Washington earlier in the year then later in Steveston British Columbia where it was tagged on its flipper ( B310 ). It was observed swimming and sunning itself on a wharf at the end of Cattermole Slough near downtown Squamish only for only one day then disappeared. Judging by its normal habitat it was a long way out of range which is the Bering Sea. I have good video of the seal ( You-Tube video https://youtu.be/QO8osHlLzh0 ) if that will help with identification.